스파이더크래프트
9 known investors
Korean last-mile delivery-agency platform operating the '영웅배송 스파이더(SPIDOR)' network of branch offices and riders.
Also known as Spidercraft · SPIDOR · 스파이더 · 스파이더크래프트 · 영웅배송 스파이더
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026스파이더크래프트 is a South Korean IT-based logistics platform company that operates 영웅배송 스파이더 (SPIDOR), a delivery-agency (배달대행) brand. Founded in February 2019, it launched the SPIDOR platform in August of the same year and built out a nationwide network of local branch offices that dispatch riders for restaurant food delivery as well as small-parcel logistics, quick service, catering and home meal replacement (HMR) delivery, and errand/concierge services.
The company is led by co-CEOs 유현철 and 문지영. It positions itself as an on-demand last-mile platform, and by late 2022 described an expansion strategy it calls O4O (Online for Offline), using its branch network as distribution nodes. Two newer product lines are 퀵커머스 큐레이션, a customized quick-commerce delivery service for corporate clients, and 플릭, a 'full-stack POS' system for offline merchants covering store operations, delivery and settlement. Management has stated a longer-term aim of extending beyond food delivery ('Beyond Food') into higher-value logistics and of adding rider-facing financial functions such as wallet, income/asset management, insurance and tax features.
The company also runs rider-oriented programs, including a welfare program called 스파이더팸버스 (priority allocation of higher-fare orders plus tax-filing-related benefits) and 스파이더GO, an upgraded branch model designed to give branch managers additional revenue streams and access to institutional financial services.
Founding story
The company was established in February 2019 by co-CEOs 유현철 and 문지영. 유현철 entered the delivery-agency field in the late 2000s, working as a rider for roughly a decade across chicken shops, rental shops and quick-service work before founding delivery-agency company 생각대로. 문지영, a developer and graphic designer, ran a motorcycle-based restaurant delivery app startup where 유현철 worked as a rider in 2013; that shared experience preceded their joint founding of 스파이더크래프트.
Business model
The company operates a delivery-agency platform: merchants place delivery orders that are fulfilled by riders affiliated with a nationwide network of local branch offices operating under the 영웅배송 스파이더 brand. It has extended this network into corporate contract delivery (퀵커머스 큐레이션) and merchant software (풀스택 포스 '플릭'), which bundles store operations, delivery dispatch and settlement.
Revenue derives from delivery-agency operations conducted through branch offices and riders, with newer lines including corporate quick-commerce delivery contracts and a POS product for offline merchants. Management describes a payout priority in which riders are paid first, branch managers second and the company third.
Traction
As of February 2019 reporting the company cited more than 250 branch offices nationwide and about 20,000 riders. By October 2022 it reported more than 1,000 branch offices, over 80,000 registered riders, and monthly order volumes approaching 8 million.
Latest developments
In October 2022 the company received the Korea Venture Capital Association Chairman's Award in the innovative-SME category of the 4th Newspim Korea SME & Startup Awards. It was providing 퀵커머스 큐레이션 corporate delivery to large food companies including Burger King, had launched the 플릭 full-stack POS, and had started joint development with 링크플로우 on a rider safety camera solution alongside a partnership with electric-motorcycle maker 투쓰리세븐.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
Described in 2022 press coverage as one of the top five delivery-agency platform operators in Korea, having built a nationwide network within six months of founding and grown to more than 1,000 branch offices.
The founders come from the delivery field itself — co-CEO 유현철 worked as a rider for about ten years and previously founded delivery-agency company 생각대로, while co-CEO 문지영 is an IT developer and graphic designer who built and operated a motorcycle-based restaurant delivery app. The company emphasizes rider-facing branding ('영웅배송'), welfare and community as its main retention lever, and cites this field understanding as the basis for investor interest.
Technology
The platform allocates and manages delivery orders across branch offices and riders. Product development includes 플릭, a full-stack POS integrating store operations, delivery and settlement, and a planned rider platform with wallet, income/asset management, insurance and tax functions. The company has begun joint development with wearable camera firm 링크플로우 on a solution that uses IT to detect and correct unsafe rider riding habits, intended to be linked with insurers to lower rider premiums, and works with electric-motorcycle startup 투쓰리세븐.
Go-to-market
Growth is driven by recruiting branch offices (지사) across the country and by rider acquisition and retention through branding, welfare programs, housing support and rider-community activity. Corporate expansion is pursued through partnerships with food, retail, mobility and hardware companies.
Restaurants and small offline merchants (including distribution and mart operators) needing delivery fulfilment; large food and retail companies buying customized quick-commerce delivery (for example Burger King); and riders and branch managers who join the SPIDOR network.
Geography
South Korea, with a nationwide branch network and regional units such as a 경남 (South Gyeongsang) division. Headquarters have been reported in the Gangnam district of Seoul (Nonhyeon-dong).
History
Founded in February 2019, the company launched the 영웅배송 스파이더 (SPIDOR) delivery-agency platform in August 2019 and says it completed a nationwide network within six months of starting. In June 2020 it took strategic investment from Thinkware and its map-platform subsidiary iNavi Systems, and in July 2020 announced a Series A round with financial investors. In 2022 it introduced 퀵커머스 큐레이션 and the 플릭 POS product and received a Korea Venture Capital Association Chairman's Award at the 4th Newspim Korea SME & Startup Awards.
Risks & controversies
Management notes that consumer spending contraction from the economic downturn affects the delivery sector, and points to structural issues in the industry including a shortage of riders relative to order growth, the absence of an occupational code for platform workers for tax purposes, and inadequate insurance coverage for riders exposed to on-the-job accidents.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 8
launches, deals, and filingsSelected in the innovative-SME category of the 4th Newspim Korea SME and Startup Awards; co-CEO 문지영 accepted the award in Yeouido, Seoul.
Collaboration with wearable camera company 링크플로우 to develop a solution that improves unsafe rider riding habits, with plans to link it to insurers to reduce rider insurance costs.
Cooperation with electric two-wheeler maker 투쓰리세븐, cited as a partner for popularizing electric bikes among riders after the company sought a maker that solved short single-charge range.
Customized corporate delivery service in which headquarters, riders and branch offices coordinate to meet individual company requirements; provided to large food companies including Burger King.
Self-developed POS product bundling store operations, delivery and settlement, positioned to extend quick commerce beyond food and beverage to distribution and mart merchants.
The company announced it had raised a Series A round from financial investors 현대기술투자, HB인베스트먼트, 키움인베스트먼트, 신한캐피탈 and 패스파인더에이치. The amount was not disclosed.
Blackbox and navigation company 팅크웨어 (Thinkware) and its map-platform development subsidiary 아이나비시스템즈 made a strategic investment to enter the last-mile market using the company's last-mile delivery technology and service know-how.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 7
primary sources listed
- 영웅배송스파이더spidor.cafe24.com · web
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- Korean last-mile delivery-agency platform operating the '영웅배송 스파이더(SPIDOR)' network of branch offices and riders.
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- 스파이더크래프트's investors include Hyundai Venture Investment Corporation, Kiwoom Investment.